The preppiness of the U.S. Olympic uniforms enraged some fans, but the outfits had one redeeming element: bandanas. A neckerchief “just ties everything together,” said one advocate.
in revolt. Many American viewers of the Olympic opening ceremony proceedings in Tokyo last month were not thrilled by the U.S. team’s exceedingly prepped-out uniforms. Created by the designers at Ralph Lauren, they featured a traddy blue blazer, a nautical striped crew neck and an American flag scarf tied preciously around the athletes’ necks.
I’m not here to defend these uniforms: As a total package, they really did make the athletes look like a caricature of the word “prep.” But the uniform isn’t without merit. Take that red-white-and-blue scarf, which sprinkled a much-needed dash of color into otherwise subdued outfits. It’s not a stretch to say that, paired with the blue striped shirts, these scarves recalled the ever-rakish Cary Grant’s look in “To Catch a Thief.
Still, this styling trick is not universally beloved. Some athletes indolently draped their bandannas around their necks or didn’t wear them at all—perhaps they found a choker-like neckerchief too affected for their tastes. Recently, when Izick Espinoza, 26, a Navy first class petty officer based in San Diego, wore a similarly knotted bandanna to a family gathering, his aunt teasingly asked, “Are you missing a baguette?” He might have looked a bit like a French baker, but Mr.
Other proponents find that a bandanna’s nip of color economically enlivens a sleepy outfit. While working from home this past year in casual white T-shirts, Zach DeLuca, 37, a copywriter in Fremont, Calif., began tying a blue bandanna around his neck, just to add a “little something extra” to his dressed-down attire. More recently, he knotted a bandanna on with a dark-green seersucker suit and a Westernish denim shirt to attend a dinner party.
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